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# southward

«southward» in Mova's school dictionary: **towards the south: a southward journey, birds flying…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (southward); adverb (southward or southwards)

### meaning for a pupil

Southward means towards the south: a southward journey, birds flying southward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Geography: on a map, south is usually at the bottom; southward means moving down the map. Science and nature: many birds migrate southward in autumn in the Northern Hemisphere to find warmer weather and food. Stories and history: explorers sailing southward towards Antarctica.

### examples

- The geese flew southward for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x1)
- The ship turned southward towards Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x2)
- We walked southwards along the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x3)
- The river flows southward to the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x4)
- The storm is moving southward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x5)
- Scott led his team southward to the South Pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x6)
- Head southward until you reach the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x7)
- First she journeyed southward, quite down into the German land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/#x8)

### note

«Southward» and «southwards» are both fine as adverbs; «southwards» is more common in the UK, «southward» in the USA. As an adjective, use «southward» (a southward wind). Compare: northward, eastward, westward. Do not confuse «southward» (towards the south) with «southern» (in the south).

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.758/)
- [And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1106/)
- [And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1251/)
- [The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.117/)
- [And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.366/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «southward» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southward/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.